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74 word matches found for '阿' using reading 'あ'
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expression
ending up right back where one started
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Most common form: 南ア戦争
noun
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)  (see also: ボーア戦争; obscure term)
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noun
South Africa
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noun
Republic of South Africa  (see also: 南アフリカ共和国)
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expression
Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha; prayer for rebirth in Sukhavati, the Pure Land of Amitabha  (Buddhist term)
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5
noun
common loon (Gavia immer); great northern diver; great northern loon  (often written with kana only)
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expression
dancing fool, watching fool; you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; all fools, so let's all dance
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5
noun
prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times  (yojijukugo)
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noun
Union of South Africa
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noun
Amitostigma kinoshitae (species of orchid)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
isolated place; hermitage  (Buddhist term)
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4
noun
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba  (Buddhist term)
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3
Most common form: アコヤ貝
noun
Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster  (often written with kana only)
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4
noun
wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
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0
Most common form: アベマキ
noun
Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)  (often written with kana only)
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flattery; adulation; sycophancy  (yojijukugo)
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3
noun
abhidharma; texts that contain detailed reworkings of the Buddhist sutras  (Buddhist term)
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1
excessive flattery; adulation  (yojijukugo)
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3
ingratiation; sycophancy  (yojijukugo)
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2
Most common form: 鴉片窟
noun
opium den
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0
noun
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)  (Buddhist term)
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noun
Ajase complex (feelings of guilt towards one's mother)
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3
noun
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner  (often written with kana only)
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expression
fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet; stupidity of using people for small things  (idiomatic expression)
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2
noun
gambir; gambier; catechu; cutch
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2
Most common form: あほう鳥
noun
albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
Akshobhya (the immovable buddha)  (Buddhist term)
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Most common form: アビ
noun
red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
mother  (see also: 阿父; familiar language; archaic)
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noun
Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
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